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Posted on 01/11/2003 9:39:15 AM PST by ranair34
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posted on
01/11/2003 9:39:15 AM PST
by
ranair34
To: ranair34
a bump for a patriot...
To: ranair34; Ramius
Oh dear.... How did it come to this?
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posted on
01/11/2003 9:41:29 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: ranair34
I have more respect for that man, than 100 of those people sitting combined.
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posted on
01/11/2003 9:46:53 AM PST
by
flynhghr
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To: ranair34
Part of the problem is that many people haven't been taught the correct etiquette, they are just ignorant. It is no surprise to repeat that schools haven't taught students to honor the flag for many years, and those ignorant students now have kids. They are clueless, but hopefully not ALL unpatriotic. Until recently, the schools didn't even have the Pledge Of Allegiance. Perhaps they will get a clue from the actions of the fine gentleman in the wheelchair.
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posted on
01/11/2003 9:54:18 AM PST
by
Libertina
To: Bill Davis FR
"...a bump for a patriot..." It's getting worse here in the midwest, I can imagine what it must be like in the coastal urban areas.
People as often as not look at you like you're crazy at parades and games any more when you stand and remove your hat.
Boy Scout meetings are the last place I personally have any experience with where the majority of those present show the flag any respect.
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posted on
01/11/2003 9:56:38 AM PST
by
DWSUWF
To: Libertina
You are so right on.
To: ranair34
I'm deeply saddened by the continuing erosion of the values that made this country so great. This patriot understands. May God Bless him and the story he likely has deep inside his soul.
To: ranair34
I saw this pic a little while back, printed it out, distributed it and hung it up at work in my cube. I cant tell you how many people have noticied it instantly and agreed with the sentiment.
To: DWSUWF
I honestly did not know until I married a soldier that you were supposed to stand when the flag was displayed. In my first 21 years, never once did someone tell me.
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:06:18 AM PST
by
Marie
To: ranair34
My husband's stepfather will be buried at Arlington Nat'l Cemetery on Thursday. He was a WW2 vet...artillery.
A heartfelt salute to Col. Robert Wayne Sonneborn
To: Libertina
Part of the problem is that many people haven't been taught the correct etiquette, they are just ignorant. I'm willing to learn...at our 4th of July parade, I stand the first time the flag comes buy. After that 200+ more come buy. Do I sand for each one?
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:06:49 AM PST
by
Drango
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To: Marie
I honestly did not know until I married a soldier that you were supposed to stand when the flag was displayed. In my first 21 years, never once did someone tell me.You don't have to stand for every flag in a parade - only the ones displayed by an official color guard. If you had to stand for every flag that was displayed, you would never sit down at our local parades. There are some old-timers that wouldn't be able to handle that.
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:09:59 AM PST
by
brewcrew
To: ranair34
I'd be willing to bet that the man is a veteran. Actually, I'd be surprised if he weren't.
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:11:31 AM PST
by
Bob
To: Drango
To: ranair34
Take heart. I was at a local Veterans' Day weekend airshow/re-enactment festival a couple of months ago, walking around taking pictures of the aircraft and various displays. The PA announcer announced the National Anthem, and a recorded version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" started playing.
The place STOPPED. Everybody--I mean EVERYBODY, every single person out of the 2,000 or so wandering the airport grounds at that second--stopped. Hats came off, hands went on hearts, you couldn't hear a thing but the wind and the music. I saw parents shushing their kids, yanking caps off their heads and pointing them toward the flag on the stage.
So chin up, folks. Not all of us have forgotten.
}:-)4
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:18:19 AM PST
by
Moose4
To: Libertina
Part of the problem is that many people haven't been taught the correct etiquette, they are just ignorant. It is no surprise to repeat that schools haven't taught students to honor the flag for many years, and those ignorant students now have kids. They are clueless, but hopefully not ALL unpatriotic. Until recently, the schools didn't even have the Pledge Of Allegiance. Perhaps they will get a clue from the actions of the fine gentleman in the wheelchairThanks for the post, it was very heart felt,sadly enough it is the norm nowaday's. I'm not a Vet but I would be one to stand next to the patriotic gentleman if I were there.
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:19:21 AM PST
by
EGPWS
To: ranair34
If it's any consolation: The city pictured is San Francisco.
To: ranair34
This photo looks like it was snapped in San Francisco -- which explains a lot.
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posted on
01/11/2003 10:24:34 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
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